The 20th Century in Cartoons: A history in pictures

Arcturus. Very Good/Very Good. 2014. Hard Cover. 18.3 x 2.5 x 24.9 cm 1784044334 Dust jacket complete and unclipped. Illustrated boards.. No ownership marks. 208 pages clean and tight. A fresh take on history with over 200 cartoons of the highest standard.,Over 230 cartoons. A picture says more than a thousand words and this is a decade by decade resume of the 20th Century featuring the work of the greatest cartoonists of their time. This book summarizes the major events of the century which saw the sinking of the Titanic, the First World War, Prohibition, the Depression, the rise and rise of the automobile and cinema, the Second World War, the Nuclear bomb, Civil Rights, the Space Race, Chernobyl and a host of other events, all captured here in cartoon form to provide a vivid history as it happened.Features the work of the greatest cartoonists of the 2oth Century, from Clifford Berryman, Bernard Partridge and Ed Valtman, through DR Fitzpatrick and Leslie Illingworth to David Low and Ray Lowrie.,This book not only tells you the story of the 20th Century but is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.,You are in the hands of expert artists as their work guides you round their life and times. .